Last Modified: Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10:27 a.m.

Inmate John R. Fuller surrendered to correctional officers after escaping from the state's custody at a work assignment in Asheville Friday.

“Telephone tips led officers to a home on Incinerator Road, just off Interstate 40 between Canton and Clyde. While officers were in the area, (John R.) Fullwood emerged from the woods and turned himself in,” according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Public Safety.

Fullwood, 51, was assigned to Buncombe Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison, after he was convicted of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. He was sentenced to serve six to eight years and was due for release in September 2016 when he walked away from a work assignment in Asheville Friday morning.

Fullwood is being transported to Mountain View Correctional Center in Spruce Pine and will face a charge of felony escape, according to the release.

Prior to his escape, Fullwood had no infractions on his inmate record since his conviction in Haywood County in April 2010, according to the Department of Public Safety. He had no prior convictions.

<p>An escaped inmate, on the lam since Friday morning, surrendered to correctional officers at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday in a rural part of Haywood County.</p><p>“Telephone tips led officers to a home on Incinerator Road, just off Interstate 40 between Canton and Clyde. While officers were in the area, (John R.) Fullwood emerged from the woods and turned himself in,” according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Public Safety.</p><p>Fullwood, 51, was assigned to Buncombe Correctional Center, a minimum-security prison, after he was convicted of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle. He was sentenced to serve six to eight years and was due for release in September 2016 when he walked away from a work assignment in Asheville Friday morning.</p><p>Fullwood is being transported to Mountain View Correctional Center in Spruce Pine and will face a charge of felony escape, according to the release.</p><p>Prior to his escape, Fullwood had no infractions on his inmate record since his conviction in Haywood County in April 2010, according to the Department of Public Safety. He had no prior convictions.</p>